The Memphis City Council seems bent on creating a firestorm
over the removal of all traces of General Nathan B. Forrest, CSA. They
do this in the face of opposition from his descendants. The Forrest
family has made clear that they are “solidly opposed to digging up the
graves and moving them any place.” They are opposed to moving the statue
as well. The council will also be in opposition with at least two
applicable State laws.

One law deals with the functions of disinterment, requiring justifications and a judge’s approval:

I was out for a two day training session right before the 4th. Over
the 4th weekend my lower right leg started to bother me and it appeared
bruised. I passed it off thinking I must have just banged it and not
realized it at the time. A day or so later the swelling was increasing,
the immediate area was very hot to the touch and the pain had spread up
my inner thigh into my hip so I went to see my doctor. He wanted to rule
out a blood clot and any physical damage so I had a sonogram and a
couple x rays. They all turned out perfectly normal and in fact he said
they my joints were in the condition of someone 0 years or more younger
than I am.

He said he immediately suspected a
spider bite but had to rule out a blood clot or a physical issue before
treating me. He put me on a 10 day massive dose of a strong antibiotic
to fight the infection and I have to go back for a check up mid next
week.

This reminded me of a couple of things.
First that I hate damn spiders as much as I hate snakes. Second it
reminded me to double check our medical supplies including
antibiotics and to speak to others in my group to make sure we go back
over our medical planning. A damn spider bite could be incapacitating in
a grid down situation if you aren't ready to deal with it.

Michael

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Via David

Seven Bark (wild hydrangea) - Cure for Brown Recluse Bites

Cincinnati Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell has reconsidered and is
asking Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters to pursue hate crime
charges in the Government Square attack that left a white man beaten and
bloody on the Fourth of July.

Police Officer Alicia Essert called the beating “anti-white” in the
incident report, but at a news conference about the incident, Cincinnati Police Capt. Mike Neville backed off that claim, calling it a “mistake.”
“In many cases, a hate/bias relationship between the offender(s) and
suspect(s) may not be easily apparent at the time of, or even shortly
after the commission of the offense,” police spokeswoman Tiffaney Hardy
said in a release. “Often, hate/bias elements become evident only after
thorough investigation and review of the available evidence.”

The Twin Peaks Massacre has always, clearly, been an ATF or FBI
operation gone terribly wrong. The Waco police and most of official Waco
have been lying about it since May 17.

A couple of pieces of evidence
became generally available this weekend that shine a little light into
this black hole of deceit.

First, it is now absolutely inarguable that at least 182 people were
arrested on May 17 and that five of them were “unarrested” by 5:28 a.m.
the next morning. In an early morning fax from Waco Detective Sam Key to
lay Justice of the Peace “Pete” Peterson, Key says, “These are the five
guys we ‘unarrested.’ Thanks for all your help.”

The five men set free were Rodney Nash, Terry Gott, Robert Douglas,
Keith Rodgers and Gerald Lowery. Generally, in ATF biker roundups,
confidential informants are arrested with other suspects and then turned
loose when nobody is looking.

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Kudos to the Maine State Police Department for supporting this legislation.
In October, the law Maine Gov. Paul LePage signed July 8 goes into
effect, the one that allows Down Easters to carry concealed handguns
without a permit. In doing so, Maine is the sixth state in the nation to
allow permitless firearm carry. It wasn’t much of a stretch: Already,
the state allows open carry without a permit; the permit, with the
requisite fees and background check, was needed if someone wanted to
carry concealed.

Having had the opportunity to travel to
several vacation spots as a child, I had the privilege of meeting
people from different regions. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina was my
second home in the summer, and we would vacation in Florida at least
once a year until I was 11 or 12. Since I have never been one to meet a
stranger, I had many opportunities to meet people from Ohio, New York,
Maryland, Quebec and several other places.

I found it funny the perception of Southerners that these people
brought with them.

Because you are a Southerner, you do not wear shoes,
don't have healthy teeth, can't read, are a racist, love NASCAR,
hate the Union, and a host of other stereotypes. This was funny
because none of those things are true of me and besides the NASCAR, they
are not true of most of the people I know.

I say all this because thirty years later, it is no longer funny when
these stereotypes are plastered on you and the people you love.

Based upon media reports, it is obvious that you received my letter,
dated June 29, requesting that the local government remove the
Confederate statues located in downtown Macon to a museum or perhaps
Rose Hill Cemetery, where the burial ground is dedicated to and
populated by the fallen from Macon who fought in the Civil War. It is my
understanding, based on media reports, that your refusal to consider
such requests is based upon your belief that these statues and monuments
pay tribute to the bravery and patriotism of those who died while
fighting to divide our country and maintain an economic system based
upon the free labor of enslaved Africans and their descendants.

Whites are continually put into the position of forever having to prove
the negative, that they’re not racists. This is impossible. And that’s
the point.

Now that South Carolina has taken down the Confederate flag
flying on statehouse grounds, MSNBC is drumming the five whose state
flags incorporate “Confederate themes.”

They continue to prove liberals are never satisfied. We fought the Civil
War. We ratified the Fourteenth Amendment. We have the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The civil-rights movement
was a success. Now, we have South Carolina pulling down the Confederate
flag. But it’s still not enough. And Hillary Clinton agrees.

Brock, please correct me if I am wrong. I (by birth a midwest yankee)
have viewed the Confederate flag, not as a symbol of racism, but as a
symbol of defiance. The Left are totalitarians. The Left wants every one
to worship the State. The Left wants absolute power over every one.
There is no area in life so minor that the Left does not want in some
way to regulate. This is why in my opinion the Confederate flag is so
intensely hated, it represents open defiance to central authority. Even
the debate about is controlled, TPTB are saying the flag means what they
say it means, and your view does NOT matter.

The Confederate flag is my
true flag The Stars and Stripes now belongs to the the forces of evil. I
have been betrayed by my leaders

“Every time that we do something, we have a busload from somewhere up
north come to tell us how terrible we are,” Jeppie Barbour said at the
state Capitol.

Now that South Carolina has removed a Confederate battle flag
from its statehouse lawn, the next big struggle over Old South symbols
is shaping up in Mississippi, where the rebel X has fluttered over the
Capitol and other public buildings for more than a century as part of
the state flag.

Remembrance

Execution of Colonel Ho Ngoc CanLast words: "If I won the war, I would not condemn you as you have condemned me.I would not humiliate you as you have humiliated me.I would not ask you questions that you asked me.I fought for the freedom of my people.I have merit and I am not guilty.No one can convict me.History will criticize you as my Communist enemy.You want to kill me, then kill me.Do not blindfold me.Down with the Communists.Long live the Republic of Viet Nam !"

Colonel CraigMandeville:

“They wanted the people to see that he was dead,” said Craig Mandeville, an American adviser to the South Vietnamese army who fought side by side with Can. “He was believed to be some sort of invincible guy. The North Vietnamese thought that, too, and I even thought that when I fought with him.”

“He said, ‘OK, the country’s fallen, but by God we’re still South Vietnamese and we’re free,’ ” Mandeville recalled. “So he went down to Chuong Tien province and rounded up all these soldiers down there to form a Free Vietnam.”

Col. Can didn’t live long after that, but the legacy of his struggle lives on.

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.